Adam's Farewell 1906 Hand-drawn Postcard vintage drawing and there is some wear

and there is some wear around the corners of the backing sheet

The patina on this piece

and this one struck me because it seemed ironic that such a bucolic looking boat would be called the Defender

or a deck of playing cards too--and it seems that both the top and bottom lids come off

Adam's Farewell 1906 Hand-drawn Postcard vintage drawing and there is some wear"Dear Aggie, Donnie thinks shame [?] to write you himself. He says you have to keep looking at this ship till you get word that he is safe of the sea, but he says keep cool and don't excite yourself. He wrote it on a bit of paper for me to write." I fell in love with the ink and watercolor drawing on the face of this postcard, which I think just perfectly captures the feeling of farewell, including via the perfectly lonely feeling hand written caption